Loosehead Hooker Second row Second row Tighthead Blindside Number 8 Openside Scrum half Fly half Inside centre Left wing Outside centre Right wing Fullback
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Rugby Union: Guide to the Laws
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Choose a position:
1 :  Loosehead Prop
2 :  Hooker
3 :  Tighthead Prop
4 :  Second Row
5 :  Second Row
6 :  Blindside Flanker
7 :  Openside Flanker
8 :  Number 8
9 :  Scrum Half
10 :  Fly Half
11 :  Left Wing
12 :  Inside Centre
13 :  Outside Centre
14 :  Right Wing
15 :  Fullback
Position two
Inside centre
John Leslie
Approaches vary, but the number 12 is generally the larger of the two centres.

His role is to knock holes in the opposition defence and provide the defensive bulwark against attacks launched at his own backline.

Despite being a crash ball specialist, he sees himself more as a cruise missile than a battering ram.
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